Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-11-24


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iha Ameriema peupls ara fsnd Of being
hsnkazUsa naa lhs lonRnr I Ira -
tEnR I beissrs thnf siaAemsni . be-
sid : iislsslivs ~ .othas dny stills il
eonsersniian vita reporter ia E1eaFd
b. eeEasin maasaEs fhMt had rsnanaiy
eome ln6ex hs1 obMrsn1ion. May
pe9Els DO nos know wAen skeJ afn Be-
inE huEnbuREad, fer whsIe they ere b.
~ aW1nd1ad theg nfhen fMaRinn t1oa
t1sy ere paIllnR he vol ever some
e6heF felI1W,8 eye4 Ih1ro Is 3 younR
nan u 8sa11ie e Ne present. lice wno
y makiER lo9 af Woney II this Way,
aa1 w1ils Be d Ro1ainR and aWindiizg
his o1si1mers he lead8 them % im8Rine
tbat they are sHindlinR ne govern
p masn nzmx on nzs 1RAcx
Fer ssseral wesks pasf ana hass bis
lfftis Behense down pat, and III ell yau
kou ka worksik II lie frst rises Is
has smooth ,0iiY tongue, and tns nhsek
came here he knocked aruund considBR-
cheap hloseiA and ma6o the noQuain-
lance q pEoREistors. Aftes esttIng
acquainted viii tie propzielug Of 8
third rnte Halnan be would @gin upp
several ti1nea and When ~ opportunity
aaoEdsd ifeeif woald call the landlord
b enc aids. give him god cigar, and
tell him oonhdeufialiy that he had each
edawag
axsnnkn THOUSAND smuaaLzD cloAna.
which he can sell at ons-thfrd the pxies
Of similar cigar Il purchased thEouRh
he REGULAR channels Of tfadsL II b
Feoelxe'1 eny e1eouEezems1k. - The
Landlord manifested any intszest in ~
gard 90 the uaasfsr, he would ash the
pxiyilefss Of showing sonae Of bis R0oda
II pefi1ission vas granted TIE naxt
evening be would appear 81 the ap-
pointed time and place with four boxes
Of thess smuGgled ~ cigars N 9 gunny
saek. which be carried over his shout
der. In each box there IL q bunch
contaiEIing 00eiRaEs In the center Of
this box Is one. or possibly two, good
cigars. These the fakiF has located,
and when be shows up the cigars be
draws out q good one ana hands it to
the intending purchases. Who, of course,
dDds & ell right. and the result 4, BE-
fore the cigar vender leaves the plaes
be CLOSES o1t his entire LOS and pEoba-
big takes orders for moro, 30 be deliv-
cred jnst - soon e. they en- be snug
Risd lfl.
1HK RnTnR ASKED RoB THEzB aoops
Varies. according 70 the customer. They
aze nos marked Ia plain nRuro1. and
one man cannot tell What
TIE other feileW b paying. e cas-
tomeF is real green he u taxed 40 high
as 9l25 per thousand, bat II be Is pretty
smart Be usually gets all be wants a.
from so 70 $50 per thousand. spent
.0me time locking thia matter mp. aud !
tell YOU, that fellow is smart. His
siQaFs, instead Of being emuRRied. are
d an inferior brand manufactured tn
Chinese cigar factory 10 San Francisco
and arrive in Seattle By every steamer,
10 the man engaged n selling
them. On making isquiry, ! found
that the fakir had not only taken out Q
cigar Iiuenss, but had actually taken
Gus peddlsF's license IN this city. His
cigars bear khe necessary revenue
stamps required By Iaw, and there can
be no reason on earth why be should
insist that the cigars ere smugRleo az i
cept 10 and him In selling them"
"HRs be sold many Of bis cigars N
this oity, under this gnisep
"Yes, be has sold great many Of
than and the demand seems 70 be on
the Increase, Judging from the ship
menta be receives from California every
week"
Have the 0ficers inteFfoEed with
him, OF his businfaB1a
$40, think he hes bean left alone,
TO do as be pleases. Those Of the ON
Gers Who know anything about his do
inRs, know that be Is selling. duly
stamped, domestic goods. and until some
one enters 9 complaint against him
for obtaining money under false pre-
lenses be will most likely be undis-
turbed.n
els this q new and original scheme,
or Is Il sone old chestnut
"New, Why no. II vas worked 10 San
Francisco for years, and very success
fully until the various Chinese cigar
manufacturers got into quarrel In re-
GARD 20 the division Of the sp0ils; and
the scheme was ventilated By the news
papers, when ID was done fer In that
city forever"